Use After Free Affecting expat-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.13% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-EXPATDEBUGINFO-3345484
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed14 Sept 2022

Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 expat-debuginfo to version 0:2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-058.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-debuginfo package and not the expat-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

References

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